ntle ladies' helpless misery.

gentle > noble; gentle; [a] noble; [a] gentle
ladies' > ladies'; lady's

7 But yet, if please you listen to my lore,

please you > [it is agreeable to you to]
lore > teaching, doctrine

8 I will, with proof of last extremity,

proof > trial, experience
last > [the final; she is offering to risk all]

9 Deliver her from thence, or with her for you die."

311.19

Ah gentlest knight aliue, (said _Scudamore_)
2 What huge heroicke magnanimity
Dwels in thy bounteous brest? what couldst thou more,
4 If she were thine, and thou as now am I?
O spare thy happy dayes, and them apply
6 To better boot, but let me dye, that ought;
More is more losse: one is enough to dy.
8 Life is not lost, (said she) for which is bought
Endlesse renowm, that more then +death+ is to be sought.

9 death > life _conj. Jortin_

1 "Ah gentlest knight alive," said Scudamour,

gentlest > noblest (answering the appellation at 311.14:1)

2 "What huge heroic magnanimity

magnanimity > greatness of spirit

3 Dwells in your bounteous breast? What could you more,

could you more > [more could you do, more could you offer]

4 If she were yours, and you as now am I?
5 O spare your happy days, and them apply
6 To better boot, but let me die, that ought;

boot > advantage, profit

7 More is more loss: one is enough to die."
8 "Life is not lost," said she, "for which is bought

Life > [A life, one's life]

9 Endless renown, that more than death is to be sought."

311.20

Thus she at length perswaded him to rise,
2 And with her wend, to see what new successe
Mote him befall vpon new enterprise;
4 His armes, which he had vowed to disprofesse,
She gathered vp and did about him dresse,
6 And his +forwandred+ steed vnto him got:
So forth they both yfere make their progresse,
8 And march not past the mountenaunce of a shot,
Till they arriu'd, whereas their purpose they did plot.

6 forwandred > for wandred _1596_

1 Thus she at length persuaded him to rise
2 And with her wend, to see what new success

success > {That which follows, happens in the sequel; termination of
affairs; result; also: fortune}

3 Might him befall upon new enterprise;
4 His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess,

arms > {Arms and armour}
disprofess > renounce the profession of (cf. 104.1:1)

5 She gathered up and did